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« Reply #1000 on: March 05, 2020, 02:30:42 PM »
Longtime CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera running against AOC




 (CNN)Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former longtime CNBC correspondent and anchor, has launched a challenge against the phenom freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission.

"I am the daughter and granddaughter of working class Italian and Cuban immigrants," Caruso-Cabrera said in a statement to CNBC. "I am so lucky to have had such a wonderful career and I want everybody to have the opportunity that I've had. That's why I'm running."

Caruso-Cabrera would run as a Democrat to the right of Ocasio-Cortez, who has labeled herself a "democratic socialist" and supports Sen. Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary.

In Caruso-Cabrera's book, "You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government," Caruso-Cabrera unveiled her vision of limited government and explained why Ronald Reagan was her favorite president. (The forward to the book was written by Larry Kudlow, President Trump's National Economic Council director.) She serves as a member of the board of directors for financial services firm Beneficient

Caruso-Cabrera spent more than 20 years with CNBC, serving as a co-anchor for "Power Lunch" and as the network's chief international correspondent, before leaving the network in 2018 to become a contributor. Her last day on air was February 7, according to a CNBC spokesperson.
About a dozen candidates have filed to run for the seat, which encompasses parts of the Bronx and Queens, even though Ocasio-Cortez will be difficult to beat.

Ocasio-Cortez gained star status in the Democratic party after her shocking win in 2018 over Rep. Joseph Crowley, a party boss in New York City and a member of the House Democratic leadership. The congresswoman has become a high-profile proponent for single-payer health care, the co-author of the Green New Deal legislation and a fundraising powerhouse, raising over $5.3 million last year. She gave her coveted endorsement to Sanders and has campaigned for his presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/politics/michelle-caruso-cabrera-aoc-challenger/index.html


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« Reply #1001 on: March 05, 2020, 02:33:10 PM »


I really hope this is a trend that continues...these smoking hot Latina candidates.

It makes my job as a political board mod that much easier, I can't even being to tell you  8)

Hey Chris - I know you have this thing for AOC, but damn, let's get serious bro ^^

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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1002 on: March 05, 2020, 03:14:42 PM »
I really hope this is a trend that continues...these smoking hot Latina candidates.

It makes my job as a political board mod that much easier, I can't even being to tell you  8)

Hey Chris - I know you have this thing for AOC, but damn, let's get serious bro ^^

Oofffaaaaa.    Hawwwttt

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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1004 on: March 05, 2020, 04:49:37 PM »
I really hope this is a trend that continues...these smoking hot Latina candidates.

It makes my job as a political board mod that much easier, I can't even being to tell you  8)

Hey Chris - I know you have this thing for AOC, but damn, let's get serious bro ^^

It’s simple - I think AOC got a banging body underneath that commie idiot persona of hers.  Pure lust nothing else.

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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1005 on: March 11, 2020, 04:10:22 AM »
Ocasio-Cortez on Biden wins: 'Tonight is a tough night'
The Hill ^ | 3/10/20 | Julia Manchester
Posted on 3/11/2020

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reacted to former Vice President Joe Biden's primary wins on Tuesday, telling supporters it was "a tough night" for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) supporters.

"There's no sugarcoating it. Tonight is a tough night," Ocasio-Cortez, who is one of Sanders's most high-profile supporters, said in an Instagram Live video.

"Tonight is a tough night electorally," she added before citing the generational gap in support between Sanders and Biden. "Older voters, which we know are more reliable voters, which we know turn out, have decisively gone to former Vice President Biden."

"There's a generational divide within the Democratic Party on health care, on climate change, on foreign policy, pretty much every policy imaginable," she said. "As a younger person in this movement, I take a lot of that as information for how we navigate the next decade.

Ocasio-Cortez congratulated Biden on his victories, saying, "If you win a race, you win a race."

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« Reply #1006 on: March 11, 2020, 08:45:13 AM »
Ocasio-Cortez on Biden wins: 'Tonight is a tough night'
The Hill ^ | 3/10/20 | Julia Manchester
Posted on 3/11/2020

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reacted to former Vice President Joe Biden's primary wins on Tuesday, telling supporters it was "a tough night" for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) supporters.

"There's no sugarcoating it. Tonight is a tough night," Ocasio-Cortez, who is one of Sanders's most high-profile supporters, said in an Instagram Live video.

"Tonight is a tough night electorally," she added before citing the generational gap in support between Sanders and Biden. "Older voters, which we know are more reliable voters, which we know turn out, have decisively gone to former Vice President Biden."

"There's a generational divide within the Democratic Party on health care, on climate change, on foreign policy, pretty much every policy imaginable," she said. "As a younger person in this movement, I take a lot of that as information for how we navigate the next decade.

Ocasio-Cortez congratulated Biden on his victories, saying, "If you win a race, you win a race."

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WTF?  She's supporting a decrepit old fart.

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« Reply #1007 on: March 11, 2020, 08:57:20 AM »
She's a commie.

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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1008 on: March 13, 2020, 05:30:01 PM »
Skip to comments.

AOC: People are avoiding Chinese restaurants due to 'straight-up racism' surrounding coronavirus
Fox news ^ | 3/12/20 | Sam Dorman
Posted on 3/13/2020, 8:21:57 PM by Impala64ssa

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claimed that the coronavirus was having racist side effects because people were avoiding Chinese restaurants. "Honestly, it sounds almost so silly to say, but there's a lot of restaurants that are feeling the pain of racism, where people are literally not patroning Chinese restaurants, they're not patroning Asian restaurants because of just straight-up racism around the coronavirus," she said during an Instagram Live session on Tuesday. On social media, some suggested that the freshman congresswoman was blowing the situation out of proportion. "Honestly though, Alexandria. Can we at least try to reserve the term racism for things that are actually evil and racist?" congressional candidate Luke Edison Negron tweeted.

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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1009 on: April 02, 2020, 07:54:43 AM »
AOC Is Using This Pandemic To Tell Her Socialist Followers To Take Down Capitalism
Twitter ^ | 04/01/20
Posted on 4/2/2020, 10:40:05 AM by Enlightened1

AOC is using this pandemic to tell her Socialist followers to take down Capitalism!

She urges her followers to stop paying their rent and go on Strike!

The New Yorkers who voted for this Dingbat need their head examined!

Unreal !!!

 

https://twitter.com/SJPFISH/status/1245559551740518400

 

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« Reply #1011 on: April 03, 2020, 12:58:36 PM »
For FNG Gdnmfng sake    >:(



WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus reparations for minorities, claiming higher numbers of COVID-19 fatalities in low-income communities stems from underlying inequality.

“COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted to her 6 million followers on Friday morning.

“Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions,” the Bronx-born lawmaker added.

“Inequality is a comorbidity. COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations,” she wrote.

With her district ravaged by the coronavirus, AOC came under fire Friday for participating in a “virtual forum” with constituents — from the comforts of her plush abode in DC.

Congress expanded unemployment benefits in its $2 trillion coronavirus aid package but there was no discussion of reparations for poorer communities.

The Association of American Medical Colleges last month warned the outbreak could be particularly brutal for marginalized communities who can’t afford to miss work and have no way to avoid crowded conditions.

SEE ALSO

AOC slammed for holding 'virtual' coronavirus forum from plush DC abode
A New York City Department of Health map released Wednesday shows the virus is hitting lower-income neighborhoods harder, with more cases in places such as Brownsville, South Bronx, Flatbush, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst.

The 30-year-old self-described Democratic socialist has been critical of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, lashing out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo for not temporarily suspending rent payments like he did for mortgage holders.

“We’re kind of creating a class and race issue,” AOC told WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on Wednesday.

“We’re essentially rewarding and offering preferential treatment to landowners and folks who are more wealthy, and we’re not offering that same kind of relief to renters.”

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« Reply #1012 on: April 06, 2020, 09:14:08 AM »
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« Reply #1013 on: April 06, 2020, 11:34:02 PM »
I would eat her pussy until my tongue went numb.

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« Reply #1014 on: April 07, 2020, 03:21:59 PM »
For FNG Gdnmfng sake    >:(



WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus reparations for minorities, claiming higher numbers of COVID-19 fatalities in low-income communities stems from underlying inequality.

“COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted to her 6 million followers on Friday morning.

“Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions,” the Bronx-born lawmaker added.

“Inequality is a comorbidity. COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations,” she wrote.

With her district ravaged by the coronavirus, AOC came under fire Friday for participating in a “virtual forum” with constituents — from the comforts of her plush abode in DC.

Congress expanded unemployment benefits in its $2 trillion coronavirus aid package but there was no discussion of reparations for poorer communities.

The Association of American Medical Colleges last month warned the outbreak could be particularly brutal for marginalized communities who can’t afford to miss work and have no way to avoid crowded conditions.

SEE ALSO

AOC slammed for holding 'virtual' coronavirus forum from plush DC abode
A New York City Department of Health map released Wednesday shows the virus is hitting lower-income neighborhoods harder, with more cases in places such as Brownsville, South Bronx, Flatbush, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst.

The 30-year-old self-described Democratic socialist has been critical of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, lashing out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo for not temporarily suspending rent payments like he did for mortgage holders.

“We’re kind of creating a class and race issue,” AOC told WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on Wednesday.

“We’re essentially rewarding and offering preferential treatment to landowners and folks who are more wealthy, and we’re not offering that same kind of relief to renters.”
What in the ever loving fuck is "environmental racism"?
Liar!!!!Filt!!!!

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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1015 on: April 08, 2020, 02:57:55 AM »
What in the ever loving fuck is "environmental racism"?
Evidently, nature hates minorities.

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« Reply #1016 on: April 13, 2020, 12:28:58 PM »
Ocasio-Cortez says Biden campaign has not reached out to her
The Hill ^ | 4/12/20 | Rebecca Klar
Posted on 4/13/2020, 3:16:04 PM by DeathBeforeDishonor1

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in a new interview that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign has not reached out to her.

The progressive first-term congresswoman was a high-profile surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who dropped out of the race last week.

She reiterated in an interview with The New York Times published Monday that she plans to support the party’s nominee.

“I’ve always said that I will support the Democratic nominee. But unity is a process, and figuring out what that looks like is part of this whole conversation that I think Bernie and [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren [D-Mass.] and other folks are a part of as well,” she said.

Ocasio-Cortez also did not rule out a combined unity rally with the former vice president.

“Is a Biden-AOC unity rally ever in the cards?” the Times asked.

“It could be. I have not talked to the vice president,” Ocasio-Cortez responded, adding that she doesn’t think she has ever spoken to Biden.

A spokesperson for the Biden campaign was not immediately available for comment.

Asked what type of outreach to progressives she would like to see from Biden, Ocasio-Cortez said he should get “uncomfortable.”

“There’s this talk about unity as this kind of vague, kumbaya, kind of term. Unity and unifying isn’t a feeling, it’s a process,” she said.

The unity focus needs to be on real policies, she added.

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« Reply #1017 on: April 13, 2020, 01:17:16 PM »
Ocasio-Cortez says Biden campaign has not reached out to her
The Hill ^ | 4/12/20 | Rebecca Klar
Posted on 4/13/2020, 3:16:04 PM by DeathBeforeDishonor1

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in a new interview that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign has not reached out to her.

The progressive first-term congresswoman was a high-profile surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who dropped out of the race last week.

She reiterated in an interview with The New York Times published Monday that she plans to support the party’s nominee.

“I’ve always said that I will support the Democratic nominee. But unity is a process, and figuring out what that looks like is part of this whole conversation that I think Bernie and [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren [D-Mass.] and other folks are a part of as well,” she said.

Ocasio-Cortez also did not rule out a combined unity rally with the former vice president.

“Is a Biden-AOC unity rally ever in the cards?” the Times asked.

“It could be. I have not talked to the vice president,” Ocasio-Cortez responded, adding that she doesn’t think she has ever spoken to Biden.

A spokesperson for the Biden campaign was not immediately available for comment.

Asked what type of outreach to progressives she would like to see from Biden, Ocasio-Cortez said he should get “uncomfortable.”

“There’s this talk about unity as this kind of vague, kumbaya, kind of term. Unity and unifying isn’t a feeling, it’s a process,” she said.

The unity focus needs to be on real policies, she added.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1018 on: April 14, 2020, 12:06:43 AM »
Ocasio-Cortez says Biden campaign has not reached out to her
The Hill ^ | 4/12/20 | Rebecca Klar
Posted on 4/13/2020, 3:16:04 PM by DeathBeforeDishonor1

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in a new interview that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign has not reached out to her.

The progressive first-term congresswoman was a high-profile surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who dropped out of the race last week.

She reiterated in an interview with The New York Times published Monday that she plans to support the party’s nominee.

“I’ve always said that I will support the Democratic nominee. But unity is a process, and figuring out what that looks like is part of this whole conversation that I think Bernie and [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren [D-Mass.] and other folks are a part of as well,” she said.

Ocasio-Cortez also did not rule out a combined unity rally with the former vice president.

“Is a Biden-AOC unity rally ever in the cards?” the Times asked.

“It could be. I have not talked to the vice president,” Ocasio-Cortez responded, adding that she doesn’t think she has ever spoken to Biden.

A spokesperson for the Biden campaign was not immediately available for comment.

Asked what type of outreach to progressives she would like to see from Biden, Ocasio-Cortez said he should get “uncomfortable.”

“There’s this talk about unity as this kind of vague, kumbaya, kind of term. Unity and unifying isn’t a feeling, it’s a process,” she said.

The unity focus needs to be on real policies, she added.

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That's because Biden thought he sent her a telegram.

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Re: Ocascio - Cortez - Entertainment / Socialist - Would hit - thread
« Reply #1019 on: April 15, 2020, 09:05:55 AM »
AOC wants to talk about the Biden issues with women. Translation - "pay me for silence now".


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/replaying-old-movies-aoc-says-biden-sexual-assault-allegations-legitimate-to-talk-about

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« Reply #1020 on: April 15, 2020, 09:23:23 AM »
AOC wants to talk about the Biden issues with women. Translation - "pay me for silence now".


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/replaying-old-movies-aoc-says-biden-sexual-assault-allegations-legitimate-to-talk-about

If you think about it, Obama and Sanders endorsed a candidate who had a sexual assault claim filed against him less than a week ago.

The hypocrisy is overwhelming.
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« Reply #1021 on: April 15, 2020, 10:22:11 AM »
AOC wants to talk about the Biden issues with women. Translation - "pay me for silence now".


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/replaying-old-movies-aoc-says-biden-sexual-assault-allegations-legitimate-to-talk-about

Right out of Bernie's playbook: "Pay me and buy me another mansion, and I'll drop out of the primaries and endorse your candidate, again."

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« Reply #1022 on: May 08, 2020, 04:03:09 AM »
AOC criticizes JetBlue for NYC flyover to honor coronavirus health workers, first responders
Fox News ^ | May 07 2020 | Caitlin McFall
Posted on 5/8/2020, 2:05:26 AM by knighthawk

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., condemned the use of three JetBlue aircraft that flew over New York City Thursday as a tribute to the medical community and first responders working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

JetBlue used three planes donned with New York City themes for a one-hour flyover over all five boroughs. The planes -- "I love NY," NYPD and FDNY -- were a tribute to first responders and "hometown health care heroes," the airline said.

“Nothing like a corporate PR campaign that burns jet fuel at low altitudes over vulnerable communities dying from a respiratory virus that compounds on our preexisting and disproportionate exposure to air pollution to show healthcare workers we care,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

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« Reply #1023 on: May 08, 2020, 04:30:00 AM »
AOC criticizes JetBlue for NYC flyover to honor coronavirus health workers, first responders
Fox News ^ | May 07 2020 | Caitlin McFall
Posted on 5/8/2020, 2:05:26 AM by knighthawk

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., condemned the use of three JetBlue aircraft that flew over New York City Thursday as a tribute to the medical community and first responders working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

JetBlue used three planes donned with New York City themes for a one-hour flyover over all five boroughs. The planes -- "I love NY," NYPD and FDNY -- were a tribute to first responders and "hometown health care heroes," the airline said.

“Nothing like a corporate PR campaign that burns jet fuel at low altitudes over vulnerable communities dying from a respiratory virus that compounds on our preexisting and disproportionate exposure to air pollution to show healthcare workers we care,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

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Got to admit, she does have a point.

She's still a Commie.

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« Reply #1024 on: May 10, 2020, 08:32:57 PM »
In 2018 AOC won the primary by 4,000 votes in a district where 141,000 eventually voted in the November general election. 
The last time I checked, her reelection campaign had taken in just $1,500 from her district, with millions coming from elsewhere. 
She could be ripe to be primaried, but I’d put a question mark after the headline.

The end of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s revolution

Three members of AOC’s socialist “squad” are facing competitive primaries against centrist candidates.
It’s another sign that the Left’s influence is waning in a Biden-led Democratic Party.

https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/706672?unlock=BQCR1LRGXS3KABPX

Ocasio-Cortez’s primary against former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera hasn’t drawn a lot of attention, but it’s worth watching closely. The congresswoman’s district, which spans Queens and the Bronx, has been one of the hardest-hit areas in the country from the pandemic. But Ocasio-Cortez was the only House Democrat to vote against the coronavirus-relief bill, a lonely and unpopular position on Capitol Hill. She told The New York Times that, after the vote, she felt more alienated in Congress than ever before and was facing a personal existential crisis.

Those personal feelings are undoubtedly authentic, but by making the crisis about herself, it offers a tempting opportunity for Caruso-Cabrera to portray her as someone driven more by ego than the needs of her constituents. Caruso-Cabrera is no novice: The granddaughter of Cuban and Italian immigrants, she served as the chief international correspondent for CNBC for nearly a decade. More notably, she raised over $1 million in the first three months of the year, an impressive amount for a seemingly long-shot challenger. Her strong fundraising gives her enough cash to run a professional campaign. Ocasio-Cortez, one of the best-funded members of Congress in the country, raised $2.7 million during the same period and has $3.5 million in the bank.